Mark Harris (journalist)

This article is about the American journalist. For other people with the same name, see Mark Harris.

Mark Harris
Harris in 2014
Harris in 2014
Born (1963-11-25) November 25, 1963 (age 60)
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • author
Alma materYale University
Period1989–present
Subjects
  • Film
  • popular culture
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​

Mark Harris (born November 25, 1963)[1] is an American journalist and author. He began his career at Entertainment Weekly as a columnist and eventually became the magazine's executive editor. His writing has also appeared in Slate and New York magazine.

Harris has written three books relating to American film history. His first book, Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood, about changes in Hollywood in the 1960s and the rise of the New Hollywood movement, was published in 2008.[2] His second book, Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War, examined five American directors who made films for the U.S. military during World War II. It was published in 2014 and later adapted into a 2017 Netflix documentary series, Five Came Back.[3] His third book, Mike Nichols: A Life, a biography about the filmmaker, was published in 2021.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Mark Harris". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Shepard, Jim (February 17, 2008). "When Mrs. Robinson Met Dr. Dolittle". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Rothman, Lily (February 28, 2017). "See the Trailer for Netflix's New Documentary About World War II and Hollywood". Time. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  4. ^ Tallerico, Brian (February 25, 2021). "Mike Nichols: A Life is a Must-Read Memoir". Roger Ebert. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  5. ^ Wolcott, James (February 2, 2021). "Mike Nichols's Brilliant Career". New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2021.